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10th Annual Review of Clinical Neurology

A Virtual Course

Alon Y. Avidan, MD, MPH , Course Director
Kevin Patel, MD, Associate Director
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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Introduction

The Review of Clinical Neurology Virtual CME Course is designed to provide a comprehensive and practical review of core neurological disorders. It is intended for neurologists who wish to strengthen their competency and proficiency in evaluating, diagnosing, and managing a broad range of neurological disorders.
The course is organized to provide attendees with a review of clinical neurology based on major disease topics. Each neurological core topic will be organized to summarize the clinical spectrum of the disorders, pathophysiology, etiology, diagnostic techniques, and management options.

Course Highlights

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to effectively use this educational symposium to enhance their clinical knowledge of key neurologic disorders, expand their horizons on recent discoveries about disease pathology, appreciate new diagnostic tools and think critically about management options.

Target Audience

This course is designed for the practicing neurologist, as well as neurology, psychiatry, and neurosurgery trainees (residents, fellows). The course will be particularly helpful for allied healthcare providers in neuroscience specialties (psychologists, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners, speech pathologists, and physical and occupational therapists).
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COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Comprehensive, evidence-based review of common neurologic disorders.
  • Presentation of common and important neurologic conditions, emphasizing practical aspects of clinical care and highlighting recent discoveries in disease mechanisms, pathophysiology, diagnostic tools, and recently approved treatment options.
  • Appraisal of new guidelines and research paradigms in the evaluation, management, and prognosis of patients with neurologic disorders
  • Effective, evidence-based treatment options based on recent publications of the American Academy of Neurology Clinical Practice Guidelines.
  • Video demonstration of unique clinical manifestations, epilepsy mimics and sleep phenomenon.
  • Discussion of “hot topics” such as neurologic aspects of long-COVID, disclosure of neurogenetic test results, and key innovations in representative disease states.
Lecture Schedule and Faculty

OUTLINE OF TOPICS

Course Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to

  • Utilize most current evidenced-based practices to improve confidence in diagnosing and managing major disease states in neurology, including multiple sclerosis, headaches, epilepsy, central nervous system infections including long COVID-19 infection, movement disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, sleep disorders, neuromuscular diseases, neuro-otology, stroke management, neuroophthalmology, ethical principles of disclosure of neurodegenerative conditions in neurology.
  • Discuss neurologic disease utilizing a case-based approach across the age groups from pediatrics to older age.
  • Apply the principles of ethics to the disclosure of conditions and testing that might predict the risk of future development of neurodegenerative conditions.
  • Appraise new guidelines and research paradigms in the evaluation, management, and prognosis of patients with neurologic disorders.
  • Explore the utility of neurologic testing, including cerebrospinal fluid analysis, neuropsychiatric testing, neuroimaging, and neurophysiological assessments, including polysomnography, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity testing.
  • Discuss the underlying neuropathology of key neurological conditions and appraise the utility of disease-modifying treatments in representative conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
  • Identify appropriate the most current appropriate and innovative therapeutic strategies for common neurologic disorders and complaints.
  • Appreciate the appropriate utilization of imaging modalities (CT, MR, PET, SPECT) in neurologic disorders. Recognize advances in neurologic imaging for acute ischemic stroke, intracranial neoplasms, brain trauma, MS, neurodegeneration, and epilepsy.
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Directors

10th Annual Review of Clinical Neurology CME Course Faculty Directors

Course Director

Alon Y. Avidan MD, MPH

Professor, UCLA Department of Neurology,
UCLA Sleep Medicine Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Associate Director

Kevin Patel, MD

Assistant Professor
UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Day 1 ( Friday September 13th, 2024)

The Course Lectures will broadcast on each respective day at the times below adhering to Pacific Standard Time. Learners will receive a ZOOM link to participate and will have access to all video-recorded content and lecture syllabus for 60 days after the program.

Introduction and welcome Address

7:45 AM-8:00 AM   (PST)

Alon Y. Avidan MD, MPH

Course Director
Professor,
UCLA Department of Neurology,
UCLA Sleep Medicine Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Introduction Video

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Introduction and welcome Address

7:45 AM-8:00 AM   (PST)

Kevin Patel, MD

Associate Director
Assistant Professor
Multiple Sclerosis Division,
UCLA Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Introduction Video

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Review of Pediatric Neurology

8:00 AM-9:00 AM   (PST)

Meeryo Choe, MD

Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
UCLA Division of Pediatric Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles ,
Los Angeles , CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Practical Neurogenetic Cases

9:00 AM-9:45 AM  (PST)

Brent Fogel, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology and Human Genetics
Director, Neurogenetics Clinic & Clinical
Neurogenomics Research Center
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Innovation in Neurogenetic Therapies

9:45 AM-10:30 AM  (PST)

Susan Perlman, MD

Professor & Director, Ataxia Center and HD
Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

The Approach to Patients with New Onset Seizures

10:30 AM-11:15 AM  (PST)

John Stern, MD

Professor & Director, Epilepsy Clinical Program
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Workup and Management of Stroke

11:15 AM-12:00 PM  (PST)

Jeffrey Saver, MD

Professor Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Carol and James Collins Chair
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Syndromic Approach to Neuroinfectious Diseases

1:00 PM-2:00 PM  (PST)

Tracey A. Cho, M.D.

Professor & Director | Neuroimmunology
Division Vice Chair for Education |
Clerkship Director Department of
Neurology University of Iowa Healthcare
Iowa City, IA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Neuroimaging Cases

2:00 PM-3:00 PM  (PST)

Noriko Salamon, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiology
Chief of Neuroradiology
Department of Radiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Viral Infections and Autoimmune Encephalitis

3:00 PM-4:00 PM  (PST)

Michael Wilson, MD

Professor, Neurology
Weill Institute for Neurosciences
University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine
San Francisco CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Neurosurgical Interventions in Spinal Neurologic Disease

4:00 PM-4:45 PM  (PST)

Langston Holly, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedics
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Executive Vice Chair
Ulrich Batzdorf Endowed Chair in Spinal Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Neuro palliative Care

4:45 PM-5:30 PM  (PST)

Cara Siegel, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Palliative Care Program
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Day 2 (Saturday September 14th, 2024)

The Course Lectures will broadcast on each respective day at the times below adhering to Pacific Standard Time. Learners will receive a ZOOM link to participate and will have access to all video-recorded content and lecture syllabus for 60 days after the program.

What Neurologists Need to Know About Sleep

8:00 AM-9:00 AM  (PST)

Alon Y. Avidan MD, MPH

Course Director
Professor,
UCLA Department of Neurology,
UCLA Sleep Medicine Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Spells, fits and non epileptic events; Video Demonstration and Innovations

9:00 AM-10:00 AM  (PST)

Wesley T. Kerr, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Departments of Neurology Division of Epilepsy
Clinic Lead Epileptologist
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Practical Approaches to the Dizzy Patient

10:00 AM-11:00 AM  (PST)

Kevin Kerber, MD

Professor & Co-Director, Health Services
Research. Neuro Otology Program
The Ohio State Neurological Institute
Department of Neurology
Columbus, OH

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Movement Disorders: Review and Practical Approaches

11:00 AM-12:00 PM  (PST)

Adrienne Keener, MD

Professor, Movement Disorders Program
Neurology Residency Director
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Neuromuscular Disease Cases

1:00 PM-1:45 PM  (PST)

Perry Shieh, M.D, Ph.D

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Myopathies: From Diagnosis to Innovation

1:45 PM-2:30 PM  (PST)

Payam Soltanzadeh, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Dementia Cases

2:30 PM-3:15 PM  (PST)

Bruce Miller, MD

A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished
Professor in Neurology
Director, Memory and Aging Center
Founding Director, Global Brain Health Institute
University of California, San Francisco
Weill Institute for Neurosciences
San Francisco, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Neuroimaging

3:15 PM-4:00 PM  (PST)

Daniel Silverman, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Innovations in the Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease

4:00 PM-4:45 PM  (PST)

Fanny M. Elahi, MD, PhD

Associate Professor Departments of Neurology
Co-Director of Genomics Core, Alzheimer's
Disease Research Center
Friedman Brain Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Communicating Risk of Dementia: when, how, why, what

4:45 PM-5:30 PM  (PST)

Neil Wegner, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, UCLA Health Ethics Center
Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Day 3 (Sunday September 15th, 2024)

The Course Lectures will broadcast on each respective day at the times below adhering to Pacific Standard Time. Learners will receive a ZOOM link to participate and will have access to all video-recorded content and lecture syllabus for 60 days after the program.

Neurologic Critical Care: Five Cases and Lessons

8:00 AM-9:00 AM  (PST)

Navaz Karanjia, MD

Director, UCSD Neurocritical Care Program
Professor of Neurosciences, Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery
University of California-San Diego Health
San Diego, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System

9:00 AM-10:00 AM  (PST)

Tanaz Kermani, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor
Director, UCLA Vasculitis Program,
Division of Rheumatology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Review of Neuroophthalmology

10:00 AM-11:00 AM  (PST)

Wayne T. Cornblath, MD

Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology &
Visual Sciences And Neurology
WK Kellogg Eye Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Management of Headache Disorders

11:00 AM-12:00 PM  (PST)

Joshua Kamins, MD

Associate Professor
Goldberg Migraine Program
Associate Director Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Autonomic Disorders

1:00 PM-2:00 PM  (PST)

Paola Sandroni MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Chair
Division Autonomic Disorders Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Chair, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic.
Mankato, Minnesota

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Evaluation of the Patients who present with a Brain Mass

2:00 PM-2:45 PM  (PST)

Robert Chong, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology, Neurooncology Division
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Neurosurgical Approached in Neurooncology: What Neurologists Need to Know

2:45 PM-3:30 PM  (PST)

Kunal Patel, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Department pf Neurosurgery
University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

2024: A new chapter in MS Diagnosis and Treatment

3:30 PM-4:30 PM   (PST)

Kevin Patel, MD

Associate Director
Assistant Professor
Multiple Sclerosis Division,
UCLA Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Promoting Brain Health in People with MS

4:30 PM-5:15 PM  (PST)

Barbara Giesser, MD

Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neurology
Staff Physician,
Pacific Neuroscience Institute
Santa Monica, CA

SLIDE SYLLABUS

(Available before September 13, 2024)

LECTURE VIDEO

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Conclusion and Adjournment

5:15 PM-5:30 PM  (PST)

Alon Y. Avidan, MD, MPH

Course Director
Professor,
UCLA Department of Neurology,
UCLA Sleep Medicine Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Conclusion and Adjournment

(Available after September 16, 2024)

Conclusion and Adjournment

5:15 PM-5:30 PM  (PST)

Kevin Patel, MD

Associate Director
Assistant Professor
Multiple Sclerosis Division,
UCLA Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Conclusion and Adjournment

(Available after September 16, 2024)

General Information

Live Virtual Conference

The virtual conference will be live-streamed. Course registrants will be provided on-demand access to a recording of the conference for one month immediately following the conference.

Accreditation Statement

ABPN MOC:

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) has reviewed the Annual Review of Clinical Neurology and approved this activity as part of a comprehensive Self-Assessment activity, which the ABMS mandates as a necessary component of Continuing Certification.

Disclosure Statement

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) has reviewed the 9th Annual UCLA Review of Clinical Neurology and approved this activity as part of a comprehensive Self-Assessment activity, which the ABMS mandates as a necessary component of Continuing Certification.
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Course Registration

Registration Fee is $300 and covers access to the live virtual webinar on 9/13-9/15/2024, slide syllabus and access to the recorded content for up to 30 days after the course.

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